“Willingness to be Disturbed”
This is an article that was assigned
for reading in the Consultation and Collaboration class. Although not directly
related to the concept of race I feel as though the overall message of the
article is applicable to the nature of Social Contexts in Education. This is
one of the best articles I’ve had to read thus far in my schooling . We talk a
lot about the institution of schooling and the social reproduction theory. We’ve
discussed white teachers teaching is predominately African-American schools,
and why it’s not working. We’ve discussed personal identity and how we make subconscious
decisions every day based on our personal identities. I think this article speaks to those issues. We
need to have a “willingness to be disturbed”.
Some of my favorite parts of this article are as follows...
“Yet I believe we will succeed in changing this world only
if we can think and work together in new ways. Curiosity is what we need. We
don’t have to let go of what we believe, but we do need to be curious about
what someone else believes. We do need to acknowledge that their way of
interpreting the world might be essential to our survival”
“When so many interpretations are available, I can’t
understand why we would be satisfied with superficial conversations where we
pretend to agree with one another”
“It’s not differences that divide us. It’s our judgments
about each other that do curiosity and good listening bring us back together”
What do people think?? It's worth the read.
"When so many interpretations are available, I can’t understand why we would be satisfied with superficial conversations where we pretend to agree with one another”
ReplyDeleteAmen. I am going to cross stitch that on a pillow.